Crowns Galore

Good morning Beautiful People! I am just so excited! I reached a little over 400 page views in less than a month!! Whoop whoop I am too pumped! I started this blog as something to do to pass the time, again, this year has been an absolute doozy. After my sister passed I needed something to help keep me occupied and keep my mind off of the bad feelings and emotions. I found that writing/blogging did just that! It helped me to release some energy and also gave me time to think of something else besides the fact that I will never be able to talk to her again. For those of you who don't know, which would be many of you who wouldn't duh, my sister and I were very, very close even though we were six years apart. I mean we talked everyday! Sometimes about absolutely nothing but whatever we enjoyed it. I was her "Shorty Forty" and she my "Swifty Fifty." Boy do I miss her.... I challenge you all to truly and honestly cherish the family and friends in your lif

So I've been talking about it and talking about it, I wanted to introduce scarves as one of my go to accessories. I was going on and on to Hubby about how scarves can really pull an outfit together and how this fall I wanted to step out of my norm and do something different. I just so happen to be in Walmart the other day with my mom when I came across these beautiful scarves! They were only $4.97 for a set of two, definitely a great deal. They are by Faded Glory, Walmart's brand, and you get a print and solid infinity scarf, jackpot or what?! I wanted to stay focused and stick to my plan so I didn't purchase them right away (I was so proud of myself for sticking to my guns because I can go ballistic in Walmart on any given day). Fast forward to this past weekend, Hubby and I were so fortunate to have a place for our boys to go which did not include Grandma, Ganny, or Granna's houses. So what's a Mom and Dad to do with an entire day of free time and no children? Dat

With school now in session for almost a month now, you would  think that my boys would be good and settled into their morning routine right? Well, apparently not! It seems as if 3 out of 5 days of the school week we have to have a reminder of what it is they are supposed to do: Wake up Make up the bed Shower Put on uniforms, socks and shoes Eat breakfast Grab back packs and head out Simple right? I thought so. Some how or another something gets lost in translation and the routine goes to pieces and this is when Mean Mommy has to show up and show out. If your a mom I'm sure you are well aware and also have a Mean Mommy lurking inside you awaiting the right time and right moment to make her presence known. You may try to keep her under wraps until absolutely necessary, until you're on your 100th "Stop it!" or your 50th "Get yourself together now!" and you just absolutely positively can not take another unnecessary temper tantrum. No

Been thinking a lot lately about how much I enjoyed being a stay at home mom when my third child was born. I loved  being able to get my house set in order and well prepared by the afternoon which made for an effortless evening. I was able to be an active and very present parent at my child's school, I was in the running to be the PTA President! I was able to make sure hubby had a week's worth of lunch and dinner was on the table ready for us to dine as a family before 7pm. It was a very busy job, don't be fooled, I was busy from the time I stepped my foot out of bed to the time I put those same feet back into that bed but it was filled with fulfilling work. My children loved to have me with them, my oldest loved that I was able to be at his school helping out, I never forgot to wash their uniforms or ran out of time before being able to make their lunches. Hubby loved that I wasn't totally exhausted and stressed every day and I'm sure, although he probably wouldn&#

Courtesy of Pinterest.com With all the recent events happening in our life and all the changes going on, hubby and I have been chit chatting. The topic of having a baby came up, I so so so really want to try for a little girl to add to our posse of boys but what is this thought that I'm having...... Am I really thinking that I'm not ready to do this? Is it me now who wants to wait? What has come over me? Why am I not jumping at that chance to hop on hubby now that he's totally on board with the baby train? I have been waiting for this moment for a couple years now, hubby has been so adamant about not having another child and I have been just about force feeding him my baby fever so why now that I got what I want am I on the fence about this thing? I believe that because so much has happened this year I'm a little uneasy about bringing another Lil Jones into the world. I feel that I'm not stable emotionally, mentally or even physically and I'm not sure jus

Today started out normal, alarm went off at 6am I snoozed it until 6:15. Hard to get up as usual, got the boys up and ready and we were out the door for school and work on time. Even made it to the school early! It wasn't until I got to work that things started to go down hill. Sitting quietly at my desk trying to stay as busy as possible. Thoughts just circling my head almost all at once. So many things going on, so many emotions hitting, smashing really, so much so I felt like I was about to explode. At this point hoping that no one says as much as a hello to me or asks me the status of a document because if so they would get an answer full of tears and hard sobs. I give myself a quick pep talk in the restroom, "You can do this, you got this, just make it to 2pm and you're good!" Ok, back to work….. Oh no!! A meeting!? A meeting that all I'm able to do is sit quietly and try to listen to the action items, try to catch up on what I've miss all to no avail. M

I don't know about anyone else but once school starts I feel like the temperatures should start cooling down and the Fall season should automatically begin. I actually have this crazy thing that happens to me every year around September, I smell crayons, I know right, crayons. It's the weirdest thing ever. This year, it's September and the forecast for the week shows nothing but upper 80s, what the what!?!? Where are the comfortable cool temps of 70 and 73? I'm ready to wear cute cardigans and my light quarter length Gap trench jacket. Ready to not sweat through my clothes as I walk to my truck after work in the late afternoon. Just ready for the fall season to begin. Every year I vow to myself that I will get into the trends and the fads of fashion, I was just talking to hubby about filling my wardrobe with cute chunky sweaters and skinny jeans; wait, was that last year's trend?? Maybe I need to do some research first before I go out shopping. The trends ch

Hello all, Crowns Galore here! Trying my hand at this blogging thing; I figure that venting a few thoughts and/or ideas could either help myself or someone else, who knows. My 2014 year has been a heck of a year! A lot of ups and downs, more downs then ups. A lot of new experiences, all very beneficial even if I didn't feel as so going through them. I've learned a lot about myself and also others. I've learned that I'm stronger than I ever could imagine which is usually how it goes, you don't know how strong you are until you've been tried in the fire. Well Honey, the fire was turned up seventy times seventy this year but through the turn up I made it through. I made it through homelessness, my family of five living with family, living in one room, husband being sick, losing job, unsuccessful business start ups, bankruptcy, decrease in work hours, living pay check to pay check, younger sister un-expectantly getting sick, same sister battling this si